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English: Alaska Building, Seattle, ca. 1909   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Photographer
Webster & Stevens
Title
English: Alaska Building, Seattle, ca. 1909
Description
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In 1903, work began on the 14-story Alaska Building. This office building was Seattle's first skyscraper to be built with steel framing. Steel framed buildings could be taller than those in Pioneer Square which were built by earlier methods. This photo shows the Alaska Building, which still stands on the southeast corner of Second Avenue and Cherry Streets.

Signs in image: Shepard & Flett, Lawyers. Lewis Lawyer. [Emmons & Emmons?]. Grand Opera House. Drugs. [...] to Vacate. Money to Loan. Little's [...]. Handwritten on sleeve: Alaska Bldg. Caption by MOHAI staff.

  • Subjects (LCTGM): Office buildings--Washington (State)--Seattle; Skyscrapers--Washington (State)--Seattle; Business districts--Washington (State)--Seattle; Commercial streets--Washington (State)--Seattle
Depicted place
English: United States--Washington (State)--Seattle
Date circa 1909
date QS:P571,+1909-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium
English: 1 glass negative: b&w
Dimensions height: 8 in (20.3 cm); width: 10 in (25.4 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,8U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,10U218593
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Current location
Museum of History and Industry
Accession number
2436
Source
English: Museum of History and Industry
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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.
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PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved
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